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WSB: Sykes wins in Misano chaos

Published:
17 June 2017

Tom Sykes took the most unlikely win of his WorldSBK career after sitting in fifth place for the most of the opening WorldSBK race of the Misano weekend.

First, long time leader Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team) fell with what appeared to be an issue with the rear tyre as he came under pressure from Jonathan Rea for the first time since the early stages of the race.

On the final lap, Marco Melandri (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) fell from third place as he tried to keep in contention for the win, leaving Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) up front, with Rea just behind.

As Rea had lost time shortly beforehand, after a strong pass from Davies and then melandri, he was making up ground on the very last lap.